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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mission and Four Year Curriculum Outcome Objectives for the
Educational Program
Mission
The mission of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
University is to prepare graduates to be leaders and role models who
define excellence in patient care, medical research, education and
health care policy. Their experiences at Columbia will enable them
to shape the future and set the standards of medicine in the United
States and in the world. Their guided exposure and training will
prepare them to exhibit the highest principles of humanism and
professionalism in their responsibilities to their patients, to
their community and to society.
Four Year Curriculum Outcome Objectives:
The faculty in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
University are dedicated to the creation of a learning environment
that fosters the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors of
physicians who exhibit the highest levels of professional
competence. Generation of such a learning environment calls for the
faculty to first develop measurable learning objectives and then
content. Assessment methodologies must be linked to the objectives.
The faculty must assure that the educational program is up-to-date
by the appropriate usage of educational innovations and of
modifications in the courses in response to evaluation. Graduating
medical students must demonstrate mastery of the following
competencies that have been identified by the Accreditation Council
for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
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